Thursday, October 29, 2009

Farming difficulties, expectations, methods

Methods: Plowing: they have a horse or an ox pulling a sharp blade across the ground and it the farmer has to be carefull to not hit any stumps, rocks and roots or it will screw up the blade
Seeding: they have a triangle with nails sticking out of the bottom of the bord and you drag that across the ground as well
Harvesting: they used a scythe to chop down the crops

Difficulties:lots of the methods didn't work because there was to many roots and rocks.Durring the winter frost ruined all of the methods because there would be lots of frost and perma frost

Expectations:The pionners expected to feed there family and sell there crops on markets so they can buy other stuff like cloths and other needed objects to survive in the worldness. They also had to feed there animals with food they grow. They have to do most of there farming was done in the summer because in the winter there is snow and perma frost and you cant plow or harvest in that weather.



Recipe for pioneer bread

1 package 1/4 ounce active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water 110 degrees to 115 degrees F
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal, plus 2 to 3 tablespoons cornmeal for pans
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cool water
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup rye flour
2 to 2 1/4 cups bread flour

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Family compact and chateau clique

Family compact
They all dress alike
made up most of the counsil
snobish and extreme

Chateau clique
Other leader wernt french
had bankers and british

They had all political cloute

Map of 1971


Canada's six colonies
Lower canada
Upper canada
nova scotia
newfoundland
St. johns

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Gender roles

  • Men:
    worked on the feild to harvest, seed and water the crops.
    went to war
    whent to church often.
  • men black smith.
    forestry.
  • build stuff .
  • traditional dad roles.
  • wasa assumed husband idolized by wife.

    children:
    Went to school if parents could afford it.
    helped on the farm, sold crops
    helped there mom out with chorse
    and around the house
    help dad with work

    women:
    worked around the house.
    prepairs food and cooks.
    repairs cloths for children or husband

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Journal entery #1

My name is john meyers, we have arived in toronto. After two days of traviling with my family. It has been the most traviling i have ever done in my life, expecialy with my enoying brother goerge. He would be staring at me the whole ride down there, its kinda scary. The only reason why we are came to toronto is to sell our products, most of the people when to bellevill to do that. I wish we stayed there, this traviling sucks expecialy when its really cold and icy.
My house is pretty small, it has three bed rooms. We have to help chop trees to clear land with my father or else it would never get done. our house is made out of wood also, we have to be care full of fires it could take down the whole house. Its close to winter so we are going to have to have a fire so wood is needed.